US President Joe Biden looked for Indiana congresswoman Jackie Walorski, who died in a traffic accident in August, during a speech, as if forgetting that the woman had died, News.ro reported with reference to Reuters.

At a conference on hunger, nutrition and health, Biden thanked the organizers and then asked, “Jackie, are you here? Where’s Jackie?” “I think she should have been here,” he added.

Republican Jackie Walorski, who helped found the conference and was active in the fight against the food crisis, was killed along with two members of her staff in a car accident in August.

After the congresswoman’s death, the White House released a statement saying that Joe Biden and his wife, Jill, were shocked and saddened by the death of Jackie Walorski.

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